Aliases

Æsh provide alias functionality similar to Bash alias.

For those that do not know what aliases is, it allows a string to be substituted for a word when it is used as the first word of a simple command. Æsh maintains a list of aliases that may be set and unset with the alias and unalias commands.

Æsh always read a complete line of input before executing. Aliases are expanded when a command is read.

Set/Unset Aliases

Aliases are created with the alias command either in the shell or specified in a file thats read when æsh starts. This file can be set in the Settings class. The format to define aliases is: alias aliasname=‘command -params’. This is identical in a shell and file.

To remove an existing alias specify the name of the alias after the unalias command. eg: unalias aliasname.

Alias persistence

By default aliases are enabled and must be turned off via the Settings object. It will also try to read aliases from a the specified file and write to the file during shutdown. This can also be disabled if wanted.